Countries: Indonesia

Destination archive for Indonesia travel stories and guides.

  • Solo Travel in Java: What Smoke, Silence, and Fire Taught Me

    Solo Travel in Java: What Smoke, Silence, and Fire Taught Me

    I left Bali with one goal: to witness the Kawah Ijen volcano hike in East Java.I had mapped out this leg of my solo travels across Java, Indonesia but I never expected to find myself inside the crater at 3AM, surrounded by fire, smoke, and sulfur miners hauling 100+ kilos on their backs like it…